Not So Friendly Anymore: USA Vice-President Vance Was Right - German Leader Merz Declares That Europe Must Emancipate Itself From the USA

 

"Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has called on Europe to emancipate itself from the USA and not to unnecessarily diminish its own importance. He said that the USA is moving away from a rules-based policy towards a power-centered policy, during a campaign appearance in Heddesheim near Mannheim.

 

'But we mustn't bury our heads in the sand and try to survive in some niche,' the Chancellor said at the event with the CDU's leading candidate for Baden-Württemberg, Manuel Hagel. 'That won't work.' To be respected, Germany must learn to assert its own interests.

 

In Germany itself, people will have to learn to work more and longer hours again, Merz said.  The industrial base must be preserved, otherwise the upcoming problems cannot be solved.  He said that Germany is fighting for the future of the country in many respects, both in foreign and domestic policy. 'We are confident that we can solve these problems because the solution to these problems is also in our hands.'

 

Shortly before the state election on March 8, Merz is expected to visit southwestern Germany again to support Hagel in his bid for the office of Minister-President. Hagel aims to succeed the incumbent Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of the Green Party, who is not running for re-election."

 

Work more. Eat more beans. Produce more cheap gas this way. You cannot preserve industry without cheap gas. Germany will be great again.